Cynthia Schwartz Every year, PebbleCreek Quilters (PCQ) challenges its members to create an item that incorporates a theme. This year, the theme was to use fabric with strips, stripes, or plaids, or create the illusion of a strip, stripe, or plaid using a pattern and any fabric. Items were hung in the Creative Arts Center…
Cynthia Schwartz Linda Labenz and Teri Stiepel, members of PebbleCreek Quilters, recently taught a class on how to sew a Mod Pineapple quilt top. The quilt design uses a special Quick Curve Ruler to sew curves that create contemporary pineapples. The Mod Pineapple class is one of the numerous classes offered by PebbleCreek Quilters.
Cynthia Schwartz Karen McCarty and Carol Weber, members of PebbleCreek Quilters, recently taught a Thread Painting Class. Thread Painting is a free motion sewing technique that uses a variety of colors and thread weights on top of a base or neutral fabric. Using circular, stippling, and back and forth stitches, students in the class learned to make…
Cynthia Schwartz Helen Phillips and Carla Peccianti, members of PebbleCreek Quilters, recently taught a class on how to sew “Cathedral Windows,” a pattern that is used to create coverlets and quilts. This design was inspired by historic church and cathedral stained glass windows. Cathedral Windows appeared in a quilt at the Chicago World’s Fair in…
Cynthia Schwartz The PebbleCreek Quilters Organization has more than 200 members from our community. The mission of the PebbleCreek Quilters Organization is to promote fellowship among quilters and to initiate quilt programs and workshops. It inspires and shares knowledge and ideas with fellow quilters while creating and distributing various items to local charities. Last December, the…
Cynthia Schwartz Cathy Howell began her sewing journey at a young age. She commented, “Since I am short, I altered my store-bought clothes. After taking a home economics class, I found that it was easier to sew my own clothes. My mother let me pull up a chair to the “old Singer” at home and,…
Cynthia Schwartz After quilters finish a quilt, they usually have lots of leftover scraps of fabric called crumbs. Some crumbs are so small that many quilters simply throw them out. Marka Locker, a member of thePebbleCreek Quilters Club, says, “Don’t throw out those crumbs. Create a Crumb Quilt.” Marka invited PC Quilters to sign up for…
Linda Rowe The PebbleCreek Quilters had to cancel their annual spring luncheon in 2020 due to COVID-19. The club elected to delay reimbursing luncheon payments in hopes that payments could be used for the Christmas luncheon instead. Unfortunately, that luncheon was also canceled. In addition, the tradition of the annual holiday luncheon included the collection…
Linda Rowe As you may know from prior articles published in the PC Post, the PebbleCreek (PC) Quilters Club members create a special quilt each year that is raffled. This year’s Opportunity Quilt, “A Godwin Watercolor Trip,” is a queen size quilt pieced by Sue Godwin and quilted by Linda Publicover. Raffle proceeds are used…
Linda Rowe While members of the PebbleCreek Quilters Club are used to making items for local charities, no one could have imagined the need to make cloth surgical masks. However, they are rising to this increasing local need. When club president, Ronda Jones, sent out mask patterns and told club members about the need, they…